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Implementing VMware Horizon View 5.2

Implementing VMware Horizon View 5.2

By : Jason Ventresco
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Implementing VMware Horizon View 5.2

Implementing VMware Horizon View 5.2

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By: Jason Ventresco

Overview of this book

VMware Horizon View helps you simplify desktop and application management while increasing security and control. This book will introduce you to all of the components of the VMware Horizon View suite, walk you through their deployment, and show how they are used. We will also discuss how to assess your virtual desktop resource requirements, and build an optimized virtual desktop. "Implementing VMware Horizon View 5.2" will provide you the information needed to deploy and administer your own end-user computing infrastructure. This includes not only the View components themselves, but key topics such as assessing virtual desktop resource needs, and how to optimize your virtual desktop master image. You will learn how to design and deploy a performant, flexible and powerful desktop virtualization solution using VMware Horizon View. You will implement important components and features, such as VMware View Connection Server, VMware View Composer, VMware View Transfer Server, and VMware View Security Server."Implementing VMware Horizon View 5.2" will take you through application virtualization with VMware ThinApp, the implementation of Persona Management, and creation of Desktop Pools. We then cover View Client options, Desktop maintenance, and Virtual Desktop Master Image. Finally we discuss View SSL certificates management, Group Policies, PowerCLI, and VMware View Design and Maintenance to help you get the most out of VMware View.If you want to learn how to design, implement and administrate a complex, optimized desktop virtualization solution with VMware View, then this book is for you.
Table of Contents (21 chapters)
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Implementing VMware Horizon View 5.2
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Desktop pool considerations


There are multiple decisions that must be made prior to configuring your first desktop pool. These choices will impact your infrastructure and how your Virtual Desktops work, which is why they must be considered in advance.

Linked clone versus full clone

View can provision two different desktop types: View Composer linked clones and full clones. Before we discuss the differences, let's consider what it is about them that is the same:

  • From the perspective of an end user, a linked-clone and full-clone desktop look exactly the same.

  • The master image for both is prepared using the same tuning techniques, discussed in Chapter 11, Creating a Master Virtual Desktop Image.

  • Deciding on what type of clone type to use is not an easy task. While linked clones have some definite advantages, which I will describe in detail, to maintain that advantage you must adopt new ways of performing desktop maintenance.

Full Clone desktops

Full clone View desktops are created using a virtual...

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